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Kocourek: what the name means

Kocourek means “little tomcat”.

In January 2017, 4,641 people in Czechia were named Kocourek or Kocourková (the women’s form).

Where the name was most common in 2017

Areas are the Interior Ministry’s; numbers under 5 are not shown.

To find the family in the old parish books, you need the village they came from.

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Questions

What does the surname Kocourek mean?

Kocourek means “little tomcat”.

How many people are called Kocourek in the Czech Republic?

In January 2017, 4,641 people in Czechia were named Kocourek or Kocourková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.

Where in Czechia is the name Kocourek most common?

In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (546), Brno (212), Prostějov (166).

Sources

  1. The meaning of Kocourek: en.wikipedia.org
  2. Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic: surname counts by area, January 2017 (archived; the ministry no longer publishes them)